DAVIS CUP FINAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17872, 29 August 1921, Page 5

DAVIS CUP FINAL.

VICTORY FOR JAPAN-

FOUR MATCHES TO ONE.

I — I AUSTRALIANS WIN DOUBLES. I By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received 7-30 p.m.) : ■A. and N.Z. NEW YORK, Aug. 27. j Japan defeated Australasia in the final j | round of the Davis Cup contest by four j i matches to one, the Japanese •winning I i the remaining two singles matches to-day j ; after the Australians had iron the ! ! doubles match on Friday. In the doubles match Anderson and j Todd defeated Shimidzu and Kumagae, i j 4—6. 6-4. B—6, 6—o. The Japanese won the first set, the ; | Australians playing a wild, erratic game. ; The Australians started well, winning the '< , first two games to 15 and 30. but in the third game, off Todd's service, the I Japanese broke through for a lore game | ! on two doubLe faults and two errors. The j Japanese won the fourth game after ; I deuce, lost the fifth at 50, won the sixth i I to 50, lost the seventh at 50, won the i eighth after deuce, and the ninth and I tenth, each to 50. The Japanese broke ' through .Anderson's service in the ninth \ game, the Australians m'.ssing the easiest ; of chances and converting sure place- j ments into weak little drives into the j net. The Japanese played a character- I 1 istieally conservative game allowing the unsteadiness of the Australians to pro- | duce its own effect. In winning the second set, the Aus- j tralians steadied remarkably, and took an aggressive offensive. The Australians j lost the first at 30. won the second after deuce, lost the third after deuce had j been called four times, won the fourth to 30. lost the fifth at 30, won the sixth ! and seventh after deuce to 15. lost the i eighth at 15, and won the next two to j jls and 30. The Australians, after the ! ; fifth game, got on their placements and ! swept the Japanese off their feet. Up to ! the seventh game, when Anderson won on his own service, every same had been I won against the service. The .Australians i were brilliant in the sixth and seventh j , games, when they executed placement shots to ail corners of the court. They ! also used clever changes of pace, forcing i the Japanese to the deep court same' !

and then dropped soft ones over the net. The Japanese seemed unnerved, many shots going bet—tea them without at- i temDteid returns. The Australian victory in the third set was brilliantly achieved! Thev won the first two games each to 30 and' the third after deuce, only to fail in the next two at: 30. In the sixth game they recovered, winning to 30. They lost, the'next two at | 30 and 15. They won the ninth to -30, j and lost the tenth at 30. They were i within one point of the game when | Kuinagae served an ace. The Australians lost the eleventh after deuce, but then rallied, and won three straight gaines, taking the twelfth and thirteenth games to j love and the fourteenth to 30. The Australians still made bad errors, but seemed I to detect the Japanese dislike for the back I court game, and kept driving their shots further back with speedy service and returns, and then changing pace and barely j tapping the ball over the net. The' Japanese team work was fearfully deficient, I both players going after the same ball at I the same time, and at other times standing j without either making a move for the re- i turn. The fourth set amounted to a Japanese fiasco, the few points the letter scored being merely on the errors of the Australians, who took the games to 15, 50. deuce. 15 and 30. The respective points, placements, nets, and outs were as follows:— j Placs- , , Points. meets- Nets. Ont. Anderson 1 » „- .„ ~_ f *> «n -23 Todd 19. 3 '- 4 '- 28 {x l g g Anderson Nervous, and Erratic. In the sincles fvw?sv TTnTnnrrna AcJar.iaA

xu uue suigies to-aav jurmagae defeated Anderson, 5—6. 7—5, 2—6, 6—2, 6 1. Anderson's steadiness, in contrast to hi* I erratic play on Thursday, won for him the first set. Anderson allowed the errors of ! the Japanese to accumulate, and personally I played a conservative game. Anderson won the first three games after dence' twice, to and after dence three times, j He lost the fourth on his service at 30.1 won the fifth after denes, lost the sixth: at 50, won the seventh after deuce twice, I lost the eighth after deuce, and won the ninth to 30. Anderson lost the second set in a flood of nervousness. He was within two points \ of winning the set in the tenth game, but .j lost them with a wild drive out of the j court and a double fault The Japanese won the first two games to love and after deuce. He lost the third at 30 and won \ the next two to 30 and after dence He 11 then lost the next four games after dence, : at 30, at 15, and after deuce twice, and won the tenth to 30. Anderson thereafter seemed unnerved, and he was distinctly: outplayed in the eleventh and twelfth games, which Kumagae won after deuco' and to love. Anderson lost the last game \ on his own service. The Japanese ap-: peared to return to a cool and steady game, while the Australian played wildlv. Anderson's unevenness was as discon- j carting as it was pronounced. He either played- magnificent tennis or lamentable | . tennis, never taking the middle course. The third set clearly indicated this. Anderson lost the first game at 15 and then won five games in succession after deuce, I to love, after deuce twice, after deuce four l times and to love. He lost seventh at 15 and won the eitrbth to 30. Anderson's j love games were gained on Kumagae's ser-! vice and his own service. The Aus- i tralian, in the second set, attempted to j play the Japanese at his own game, merely ' getting the ball over the net. This ap- :: peared~ to be what Kumagae wanted, and j he won every exchange of voDeys. In j' fch« thin) set hmvpwr tio Sn=hnl«n Vi=_ 1

came more aggressive, and, fortunately, remained accurate in his placements and fast service. In the fourth set Kumagae changed his game effectively and assumed the offensive with aggressive strokes well directed at the Australian's baseline. Anderson still retained fine form until the second game, but he then reverted to unsteadiness. Kumagae won the first game after deuce five times, lost the second at 30. won the next four games to 30, after dence three times-, to 15 and to 15, after I deuce twice and took the last after deuce. i Kumagae's forehand drives and backI hand returns were well aimed and effecI tively kept the Australian from approachI inn the net. The fifth set. which made Japan the I challenger of the United States was notonly thoroughly disappointing, but very disconcerting. Anderson's playing was careless almost to the point of indifference or wild and erratic beyond belief. Kumagae's victory was overwhelming. Anderson only once, in the second game, which he won to love, showed fine form. Thereafter it was a walkover for the Japanese, who took the first game after deuce three times, and the last five after deuce four times-, to 30. after deuce twice; to 30 and to love. The respective points, placements, nets, and outs were:— PlaceJoints, ments. Outs. Kumagae ... 33. 45. 21, 20 52 56 Anderson... 40. 36. 52, 41 74 63

29. 23 Plucky Effort by Ha^es. In the final singles match this afternoon Shimidzu defeated Hawkes. <3—6, 6—3. 16—2, 6—2. Hawkes, while bathing on I Thursday night, slipped and his left arm caxne in contact with a hot steampipe ! and inflicted a painful although not | dangerous burn. Despite his burned arm Hawkes captured the first set. plaving steadily, and j beat the Japanese in driving and speed. Throughout the set both played a backcourt volleying game, the Australian j effectively changing his pace. Shimidzu I wan ths first tiro games and then Hawkes

broke through, his opponent's service, evening the score. SMmidzn won the fifth and seventh games and Hawkes tooa the sixth, eighth, ninth and tenth. SMmidzn started off in the second set by taking the first three games, in which. Hawkes scored only fonr points. Hawkes then rallied and won the tollbwing three games. Shimidzu, using placement shtrfa effectively, caught Hawkes repeatedly, out of position, compelling the Australian to return weak back-handed taps over the net. The Japanese won* the last throe games. Shimidzu won the third set without' much effort. He took the first three I games. Hawkes then rallied and broke | through Shimidzu's service in the fourth j game, winning to love. Shimidzu rsj the fifth game, lost the sixth and i took the last two games to love. Shimidzn in winning the fourth sat ; outplayed Hawkes. Although the Ans- | tralian rallied brilliantly several times he 1 failed to make the most of his oppori tunrtaes. The bum on his arm, however, j while not disabling was extremely paini fnl, and his playing was an exhibition of j pluck and courage. He won the first and j third games. The respective points, placements, nets I and outs were as follows: PlacePointe. ments. Nets. Outs Shimidzu 33, 29 23. 38 28 34 36 ! Hawkes ... 36. 20. 19, 27 32 54 42